Taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, I returned to my hometown in Shanxi and spent a few days with a cute puppy picked up by my family, and from a new aspect, I more emotionally realized the importance of the existence of village civilization.
The puppy's ears were hunched over, and it was obviously the inferior dog that we despised there—the stupid dog
After research, the word stupid dog does not originate from low IQ. Instead, because of the slumped ears and stupidity, it became the figurative nickname of "Ben Dog" (local dog).
In fact, it belongs to one of the six major dog breeds of the Chinese Pastoral Dog, the "Manlu Pastoral Dog" - also called the Folded Ear Dog, compared to other breeds of Pastoral Dogs, the figure is tall (40-55cm), the front page is square, and the region is mainly in the north
It's a hobby
1. Pretend to sleep at the door
2. Bite the shoelaces, nibble on the dried vermicelli, and nibble on anything smaller than its mouth
3. Chase you on the tile floor to drift
It likes to sleep on the ground, the kind of lying on all fours
The origin of rhubarb
In July of the second year of Qin II, the chancellor Li Si was framed by adulterers and beheaded the city of Xianyang. Linjian said of the middle son: "I want to go out of Cai Dongmen with Ruofu to chase the cunning rabbit, how can I get it!" ”。 Later, he took the "Yellow Dog of the East Gate" as an official and withdrew to repent of the delay. Also known as "East Gate Rabbit". The yellow dog refers to the Chinese pastoral dog
In Su Dongpo's "Hunting in Jingchengzi Mizhou", it is said that "the left leads the yellow, the right Qingcang, and the golden hat mink Qiu Qian rides the roll Pinggang." The "yellow" in "Yellow" refers to the Chinese Pastoral Dog.
According to legend, the Kangxi Emperor encountered danger while hunting, and a thin dog stepped forward to save Kangxi's life, and later Kangxi and his thin dog were inseparable. The court painter Lang Shining used Kangxi's beloved dog as his prototype and created "Ten Jun dogs" with exquisite brushwork. According to historical records, when the Qianlong Emperor got this album, he praised it greatly, never tired of reading it, and loved it
Why isn't rhubarb worth much
It is a practical dog in large numbers, not a pet dog
Practical, in the countryside is mostly used to care for homes, so it gives people a preconceived impression: this is a village dog, not valuable
The fierceness is insufficient, not as tall as the Tibetan mastiff, and the selling point is not strong
Summary: Compared with the thriving dogs of European Shepherd Dogs, the Chinese Pastoral Dog gives people a poor impression, the cute value is not as good as foreign dogs, the function is not strong (such as Jingba dogs will be fierce, Tibetan mastiffs are fierce), and most of them are hybrids, not purebred, so they are sold cheaply
Organic life - about animal welfare: if you want to raise a dog, you can't care too much about breeds, and you can't have a casual mentality of raising children to play
The International Veterinary Dog Organization recognizes the birthplace of the raptor in southwest China and Tibet. In fact, China is a veritable dog-producing country with a long history
However, compared with the protection efforts of Countries such as Europe and Japan, there is a big gap
In our country, because our famous ethnic group does not have the tradition and habit of breeding dogs, resulting in the lack of protection and breeding institutions and organizations in our country for generations, the vast majority of dog breeds are mixed, genetic instability and mutation, gradually pushed, and many breeds have disappeared, just like the loss of many traditional folk skills, silent, unconscious....
Current situation
The Chinese pastoral dog is widely distributed in China and has a large number, but due to the development of urbanization in recent decades, more and more villagers are immersed in the joy of demolition compensation
Previously, the single-family courtyard in the countryside was replaced by a community unit building, and the watchdogs that had been raised for many years had to change hands several times, abandoned or slaughtered by the dog collectors
The current situation of the Chinese pastoral dog is worrying, if the Chinese people no longer pay attention, the government does not formulate relevant protection policies, may also be extinct one by one or uncontrollable mutation.
The company of the Chinese pastoral dog and farming civilization
Stupid dogs, like other breeds of pastoral dogs, follow the owner in the long river of China's thousand-year history of sunrise, sunset, guard the courtyard, accompanied China's long-standing farming civilization, just like the importance of sheepdogs to European animal husbandry
Today, when rural civilization is weakening, the phenomenon of "rural hollowing-out" is becoming more and more serious, and the significance of dogs for the companionship of left-behind children and the elderly is more prominent. Rhubarb is their spiritual solace.
Of course, it is not that in order to protect the Chinese pastoral dog, a unique characteristic dog breed in China, it is necessary to prevent industrialization and urbanization from entering the countryside, but I hope that in the process of rapid urbanization, the Chinese people can take a moment, calm down, cultivate a humanistic care for the protection of traditional farming civilization, so that the Chinese pastoral dog and China's agricultural civilization can continue to accompany them healthily